“The boys have expressed a wish to play Premier League football again next season and we are resigned to losing them,” says Solskjaer. “I am not going to take a risk injury by playing them in pre-season fixtures.

“It’s up to them now to make a decision, Of course if they decide to stay with Cardiff that’s a different matter, but both expressed they want to play Premier League football and we can’t give them that this season.

“In theory, I am resigned to losing them and feel that they won’t be involved in the coming season. In reality we are more or less planning for the season without them.

“There have been loads of approaches, but they still haven’t made up their minds.”

Solskjaer has signed five players this summer and four of those are in Austria. Craig Dikgacoi has not made the trip because of visa problems, while Adam Le Fondre, Federico Macheda, Javi Guerra and Guido Burgstaller with the City squad.

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